22 Apr 2015

Comedienne reveals she suffers from glaucoma and smokes weed for it

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Roseanne Barr at the premiere of 'Roseanne For President' at the Tribeca Film festival. (Greatstock/Splash)

New York - American comedian, actress and TV star Roseanne Barr has revealed that she is suffering from glaucoma and macular degeneration and is slowly going blind.

The outspoken, Emmy award-winning star of the 1990s hit comedy show Roseanne and former U.S. presidential candidate told the Daily Beast website that her vision "is closing now."

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